Most Popular Military Books

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A Chronicle of the Black Company #3

The White Rose

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1985

A Chronicle of the Black Company #2

Shadows Linger

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

October 1984

A Chronicle of the Black Company #1

The Black Company

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

May 1984

The Tyrant Philosophers #2

Lives of Bitter Rain

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fantasy · Novella

October 14, 2025

Weird World War III

Sean Patrick Hazlett

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Anthology

October 6, 2020

The War Book

James Sallis

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Post-Apocalyptic · Anthology · Short Stories

November 20, 1969

The Dread Empire (prequels) #2

With Mercy Toward None

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1985

The Dread Empire (prequels) #1

The Fire in His Hands

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1984

A Chronicle of the Black Company #9

Soldiers Live

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

2000

A Chronicle of the Black Company #5

Dreams of Steel

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1990

A Chronicle of the Black Company #8

Water Sleeps

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1999

A Chronicle of the Black Company

The Silver Spike

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

September 1989

A Chronicle of the Black Company #4

Shadow Games

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

June 1989

The Black Company (omnibus editions) #1

Chronicles of the Black Company

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

2007

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #3

All Darkness Met

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1980

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #2

October's Baby

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1980

Dirty White Boys

Stephen Hunter

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Thriller

1994

The Tyrant Philosophers #3

Days of Shattered Faith

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fantasy · Demon · Necromancer · Zombies

March 4, 2025

The Tyrant Philosophers #2

House of Open Wounds

Adrian Tchaikovsky

Fantasy · Demon · Necromancer · Zombies

December 7, 2023

Enigma

Robert Harris

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · War & Military · Alternate History · Historical Fiction

September 26, 1995

The Black Company (omnibus editions) #2

The Books of the South

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

June 10, 2008

The Dread Empire (prequels)

A Fortress in Shadow

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

2007

A Chronicle of the Black Company #7

She Is the Darkness

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1997

HMS Ulysses

Alistair MacLean

Suspense Thriller · War & Military · Adventure · Thriller

1955

The Dread Empire (main sequence) #1

A Shadow of All Night Falling

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1979

The Dread Empire (main sequence)

A Cruel Wind

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

2007

A Chronicle of the Black Company #6

Bleak Seasons

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

1996

The Black Company (omnibus editions) #3

The Return of the Black Company

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

September 14, 2009

The Black Company (omnibus editions) #4

The Many Deaths of the Black Company

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Collection

January 5, 2010

Starfighter Training Academy #1

The First Starfighter

Grace Goodwin

Science Fiction · Alien Romance · Adventure · Romance

April 22, 2021

A Chronicle of the Black Company

Port of Shadows

Glen Cook

Fantasy · Dark Fantasy

September 2018

Rendezvous

Nelson DeMille

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

December 18, 2012

James Penney's New Identity

Lee Child

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Short Stories · Mystery · Thriller

January 1, 1999

Laguna Heat

T. Jefferson Parker

Crime Fiction · Suspense Thriller · Mystery · Thriller

1985

Guns of Navarone #1

The Guns of Navarone

Alistair MacLean

War & Military · Movie · Thriller

1957

The Sharpe Series #13

Sharpe's Company

Bernard Cornwell

Historical Fiction

1982